TEN WAYS TO IMPROVE INJURY REPORTING
(by really reducing injuries!)
 OSHA requires reporting of injuries.  We also learn from injury reports about trends or areas that need work.
Some firms offer incentive plans for every workday without a “Reported” injury.  Hence some employees will resist reporting for fear of losing out on a prize.
There are ways to avoid underreporting while improving performance:
we offer the following SAFETY POINTS to help you and your employees.
10  Focus only on injuries that result in an employee being absent from work
    for more that 24 hours. Urge employees to seek medical care when needed.
  9  Ask employees to sign a roster certifying that they have had no work related
   injuries that would disqualify them from the incentive program.
   8   Cancel an employees right to participate in an incentive program for a
    year for not reporting work related injuries.
  7  Do not use a safety incentive program as an alternative to a formal
   safety program.
   6  Be proactive. Reward employees for recommending ergonomic solutions,
   attending training sessions and properly filling out daily inspections of
   equipment such as machines, forklifts, cranes, hoists, conveyors
   and dock equipment.
   5  Ask workers to complete an ergonomic risk analysis.
   4  Test an reward workers for knowledge of hazardous materials  used
   in their worksite.
   3  Once every quarter, ask the employees to document a worksite walkthrough
    survey. reward them for reporting items.
   2  Set up consequences for foremen and supervisors who fail to report any
   injuries they observe. Especially at small worksites. A professional
   supervisor will know who has been injured and when.
   1  Continually update, improve and develop a Corporate Safety Culture
   that values reporting injuries and frowns upon cover-ups.
Does Your Company Need Safety Training?
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A recent study from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has shown the need to target safety training for younger workers. Inexperience and poor judgment skills place younger workers at risk for injury in the warehouse and the shop floor. If your training budget is limited, target the younger worker and then pair them up with more experienced workers.

We can expect someone to die in a forklift mishap within the next six months in Colorado. Make sure your operators are not "the one"! Be sure to see our information on forklift operator training.


For more information, we provide these additional links
as a courtesy for your safety planning:

CDC.gov - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

MMWR - The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
A weekly publication of CDC containing data and reports on specific health and safety topics.
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